Carolina QuotesMeanwhile, fierce competition among global self-prop systems will have led to such drastic and rapid alterations in the Earth's climate, the composition of its atmosphere, the chemistry of its oceans, and so forth, that the effect on the biosphere will be devastating. ... We will argue that if the development of the technological world-system is allowed to proceed to its logical conclusion, then in all probability the Earth will be left a dead planet-a planet on which nothing will remain alive except, maybe, some of the simplest organisms-certain bacteria, algae, etc.-that are capable of surviving under extreme conditions.
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“Meanwhile, fierce competition among global self-prop systems…” Ted Kaczynski. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-F15D0EABCA. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/f15d0eabca
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